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Affect

/əˈfɛkt/

To influence or alter.

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📖 Definitions of "Affect"

verb

1
To influence or alter.
"The experience affected me deeply."
2
To move to emotion.
"He was deeply affected by the tragic ending of the play."
3
Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
"Hepatitis affects the liver."
4
To dispose or incline.

🔄 Synonyms of "Affect"

14 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
regardnoun	One's concern for another; esteem; relation, reference.
strikenoun	(transitive, sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
impactnoun	(figurative, proscribed) A significant or strong influence or effect.
touchnoun	Primarily physical senses.
shamnoun	Intended to deceive; false.
impressverb	(transitive) To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.
feignverb	To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.
involveverb	To cause or engage (someone or something) to become connected or implicated, or to participate, in some activity or situation.
moveverb	(intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
dissembleverb	(transitive) To disguise or conceal something.
pretendverb	(intransitive or with 'that' clause or 'to' infinitive) To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.
touch onverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To mention briefly; to cursorily discuss.
bear onverb	To influence, have an effect on.
bear uponverb	To influence, have an effect upon.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Affect"

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Word	Definition
impressverb	(transitive) To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.
pretendverb	(intransitive or with 'that' clause or 'to' infinitive) To speak or behave so as to give a false or simulated appearance.
touch onverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To mention briefly; to cursorily discuss.
feignverb	To make a false show or pretence of; to counterfeit or simulate.
touchverb	Primarily physical senses.
regardverb	(transitive) To consider, look upon (something) in a given way etc.
shamverb	To deceive, cheat, lie.
dissembleverb	(transitive) To disguise or conceal something.
involveverb	To cause or engage (someone or something) to become connected or implicated, or to participate, in some activity or situation.
bear uponverb	To influence, have an effect upon.
bear onverb	To influence, have an effect on.
moveverb	(intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
impactverb	(figurative, proscribed) A significant or strong influence or effect.
strikeverb	(transitive, sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
feelverb	(heading) To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
concernverb	(transitive) To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.
influencedverb	Subject to an effect caused by a person or thing outside of the subject's control.
influencingnoun	(obsolete) influence
influentialnoun	Having or exerting influence.
seemverb	(copulative) To appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as.